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BORIS JOHNSON could be allowed to ignore a parliamentary no-confidence vote and proceed with a no-deal Brexit followed by a general election, a former Supreme Court judge said today.
Jonathan Sumption said that MPs could only prevent this from happening by forming an alternative government in the 14 days before an election would be automatically triggered.
If this was not possible, Mr Johnson would have the power to set the date of the election for after October 31, the date on which Britain’s membership of the European Union is due to expire.
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